The 12-ton Russian vehicle could not be used in practice despite laboratory success:
The Uran-9s sent to Syria for combat zone experience did not get much of that because the remote control system functioned poorly under battlefield conditions. The main problem was that the wireless remote control system, while encrypted, had insufficient bandwidth (amount of data sent and received in real time) to handle what was required to remotely operate the sensors, the vehicle itself and its weapons.
Until the battlefield internet problem is solved for bandwidth, continuity, and security, my idea for using reachback for the squad (in a 2016 Infantry magazine article) in some circumstances cannot be tried.
Also, the sensors so far don't match Mark I eyes, ears, noses, and touch.
But eventually somebody will get there.
